Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-08
Alma, Mich. Friday. July, 8. 1887.

E. 3. Green and wife were in Oliyel
over Sunday.
Geo. II. Rrown and +. j. Dibell eel.
ebrated ut Sheridan.
Bro, IIoskins, of the st. Louis Lcad4,
was in town Thursday.
The Wright block sports new dag
stalf and weather yane.
Mrs.tGale Davidson, who has been
very sick, recovering.
Arthur Pierce, Of Lansing, is visit
ing d. G. Fisher, this week.
For pure paris green. 90 to T. 4.
Miller X Cos Central Drug store.
Miss Jennie Smith, Of Saginaw, is
visiting her brother, Geo. Smith.
Geo. Smith left Monday for Saginaw,
where he is working at lis trade.
James Kress is in New York state,
where he will visit couple Of months.
George Dclayan and John Taylor
were in Detroit over Sunday, celebrat-
ing.
Miss Cora Braincrd, Of Sheridan, is
the guest Of Mrs. G. T. Brown this
week.
Miss Nellie Coon, Of Stanton, was
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. 4. d. Ans
den, over Sunday.
The acQuittal of the Mclaughlin
boys in the circuit court last week, was
the first in over two years in this cir
cult,
smith, OF the It. Louis RepuJlic1p.
wants TO furnish us men that will
bet two 10 one on the following points.
First, that Prof Hogan was not in Fort
Wayne, Ind, July lth: second, that we
do not know where Prof. Hogan was
July lth; third, that We viii lose both
if we bet. We do not care who,c he
was the lth; but we wiz oct lao. smith
that he know 10 WAS deccWing the peo-
pie Warn he advertised that Prof.
Hogan would make an ascension. 1t
was a good scheme, but the public
would not be so deceived by him, ttA-
ther more that helies when to says the
crowd at 81. Lo,,4s MAS estimated rs
being ,tu4n 10000 to 10000 Put ID
1000, and then some people may be-
lieye it. lie advises Us TO come ~.
lat footed and acknowledge 1,- error.
We made 10 c.-m % re,ract. We
stated .pa4 Iroi, Hogan would poi
make an ascension at s.. Louis,
July lth, and he did Ao4 which Is adj
mitted Is amitn II this weeks ishoy
1hU> He(0 about four men, three
Women md numerous dogs lett in
Alma after tie morning trains pulled
out ON The lth. The rest of the Town
went to Ithaca, and, Notwithstanding
the rain, all report e splendid time.
Ithaca people evidently know how to
manage a fourth Of July celebration
and how TO entertain their guests, as
everything went oil smoothly 2nd a.
advertised. The crowd Was one Of the
largest ever ,ern IA che town, the csti-
l.ldtc D,lag 10000 strangers. The eX-
.ercises at the grove were very fine; the
Grafton by Prof. Mccall being ycly
highly spoken Of. The hose Auc. was
declared off on accoVrs ~ the muddy
condition &C .hc track, but the Ithaca
AID Alma ire companies gave eXhibi-
tion runs, showing fast time. The fire.
works in the evening were Arst-class.
bat wero narred With terrible acci-
dent, 4 box Of rockets and Roman
candies caught fire from some unknown
cause and exploded, flying in all drco,
tious. \ rocket struck Carl SEcdicor
in the abdomen, passing clear through
him. lie Ta- taken to the Retain
House, where he fingered. unconscious,
until Tuesday morning, when he died,
| Robert Ried, who was standing peay
Snedicor was also injured in ,av same
manner, and di.l suasday morn
inr. Fou o.hcfs were molt or less
seriously hurt, but not fatally. 1t was
a sad termination Of an otherwise n
grccable holiday.